In a world where stone slowly overruns people and transforms them into statues, Sai, a twelve years old little boy, has the power to cure this disease with his blood. Since he is a child, his older brother, Vlad, martyrs him and preys on his gift by hiting him. One day Vlad lends Sai to his thug friends, who profit to cure their wounds and hit him, letting Sai sink into unconsciousness. In his dream, Sai discovers that he also has inside him, deeply buried, stone.

A few naked women and children are bathing in a river. They are being secretly observed by a group of men, who, at one point decide to approach them, in a violent manner, as if inspired by the behaviour of hippopotamuses.

The Landing is a short film that I have been working on in my spare time over the last 4/5 months. There was never a real plan behind the project, it kind of just grew as I was working on it. Initially the whole thing started as one of my Experiments (http://agoberg.tv/experiments2015/), then I realized that I could probably build it into something bigger. I stumbled upon these really haunting stories about astronauts getting lost in space (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lost_Cosmonauts), and also a really interesting audio recording (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9Sgc1I9sjfc) done by two Italian brothers in 1961. I decided that I would try to make a story loosely based on these conspiracy theories.

All the different shots was made with Cinema 4D, rendered with Octane Render and put together in After Effects.

Thanks for checking it out, I would love to hear your thoughts.

A bit more info: http://agoberg.tv/short-film/the-landing.html and a breakdown https://vimeo.com/137673303

Festivals & Markets:
Santa Barbara International Film Festival
Ottawa Film Festival
Cleveland International Film Festival
River Run International Film Festival
LA Shorts Fest
Rhode Island Film Festival
Traverse City Film Festival
New Hampshire Film Festival
FIRST CUT 2014 @ DGA in Los Angeles & New York
Fargo Film Festival
Pune International Film Festival
Omaha International Film Festival
Sedona International Film Festival
Independent Film Festival Of Boston
Minneapolis International Film Festival
Athens Animfest
Cannes Short Film Corner
Newport Beach International Film Festival
River Film Festival
Prescott Film Festival
Free Range Film Festival
Breckenridge Film Festival
Fareham Arts Festival